“We have a bout of cold weather coming through and that’s propping up the price,” Eric Bickel, a natural gas analyst at Schneider Electric, said in the article. “The fourth quarter becomes more sensitive to weather dynamics when you see the first bit of heating load.”

According to the Energy Information Adminstration, about half of U.S. homes utilize gas-powered heating.

The EIA has stated that it will cease operations on Oct. 11 if the government shutdown is not resolved, Reuters reported.